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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Jamshid Bozorgi, Fremont, CA (US);
Mourad Zarouri, San Diego, CA (US);
Read-Rite Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A slider attaches to a low profile flexure to form a slider-flexure assembly. The flexure has no out-of-plane bends thereby minimizing slider-flexure assembly height. The slider has a top, a bottom, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The flexure includes a tongue having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the tongue connects to the top of the slider. The proximal end of the tongue overhangs the leading edge of the slider. The flexure includes gimbal beams that diverge from the proximal end of the tongue so that the gimbal beams suspend the slider from beyond the leading edge of the slider, thus eliminating a need for out-of-plane bends in the flexure.